Garment suspenders



'A. LEFEBVRE GARMENT l.SUSPENDERS Aug. z5, 1925. 550,974

Filed May 2, 1925 Y mma-9 Patented Aug. 25, l25.

ADOLPI'I LEFEBVRE, OF ST. CAT-IARINES, ONTARIO, GANAIDA.

GARMENT SUSPENDERS.

Application filed May 2,

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that ADOLPH LEFEBVRE, a subject of the King of GreatBrita-in, residing at No. 2 Center Street, in the city of St.Catharines,in the county of Lincoln and Province of Untario, Canada, has inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Garment Suspenders, of which thefollowinor is a speciiication.

2My invention relates to improvements in garment supporters and moreparticularly to trousers suspenders and in the disclosure herein madethe latter is described as an example.

Trousers Suspenders are usually made of elastic fabric and rubbershoulder straps and these elastic straps in a comparatively short timelose their elasticity by the rubber going dead7 and consequently becomea discomfort to the wearer long before the suspenders are actually wornout. Various spring devices have been substituted for the elasticrubber, but these have failed in their purpose owing` to lack ofsuiiicient elasticity.

The first important obj ect of Jthis invention is to provide in atrousers suspender comprising shoulder straps spring means interposedbetween sections of the straps which will aiford the proper degree ofelasticity and also retain their elastic properties so long as thesuspenders wear.

A second important obliect is to provide a device of the class specifiedwhich will be simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

These, together with other objects; may be attained by the construction,combination, and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out inthe claim hereunto annexed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view of Suspenders constructed in accordance with thisinvention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the spring' portion in normal position;

Figure 3 is a similar view showing` the suspender strap expanded;

Figure l is a sectional side elevation of the spring portion;

Figure 5 is a sectional front elevation of the springr portion; and,

Figure 6 is a detailed magnified sectional View of the union of twostrap sections.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

This invention includes a pair of non- 1925. Serial No. 27,600.

elastic main shoulder straps, indicated by the immoral 10, crossed asusual at the back and stitched or otherwise suitably united as indicatedat 11.

At both the forward end and the rear end of each of these main strapsare similar short straps 12. Both the main straps and the short strapsare folded on themselves and stitched or otherwise suitably secured asat 13 to form loops or envelopes, the bent portion of the short strapbeing adapted to face or meet the bent portion of the main strap. In thebends of these straps are spaced holes protected by the eyelets orbushings 14, the eyelets in the main strap registering` with those inthe short strap, and at the opposite or low end of the short straps is aloop in which it held the usual link 15 of the garment supporting member16.

The main shoulder straps 10 are connected to the short straps 12 byendless cords 17 woven through the eyelets 14C and looped within thesaid envelopes.

Spiral springs 19 are coiled around the said cord where it is loopedwithin the said envelopes, and these springs keep the cord taut andthereby keep the main strap and the short strap normally in contiguousrelation as shown in all the figures except Figure 3 which shows the twostraps stretched apart under a pull or strain as would be caused b v theflexing` of the body of the wearer. 1When a strain is thus applied tothe suspenders the gap between the main strap and short strap widens andthe cord 17 is pulled partially through the eyelets 14.-, and when themaximum yield is reached, the springs 19 are compressed so that nofurther cord can be pulled out of the envelopes. When the strain isreleased the springs return the main strap and short strap to contiguityby eiqoanding` and taking up the cord.

There has thus been produced ra simple and efficient device of theclass'described and for the purpose specified, and now having' fullydisclosed my invention and the manner in which it is ascertained, what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is ln a lgarment supporter,a flexible nonelastic shoulder strap having an envelope formed byfolding` the end of the shoulder strap on itself, said envelope having apair of spaced openings in the bend thereof, a short flexiblenon-,elastic strap having means l0 being passed through said openingsand adapted to slide therethrough and the rounded ends occupying therespective envelopes, and spiral springs coiled around the portions ofthe oord Within the envelopes and confined therein by their endsabutting against the edges of said openings.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature.

ADOLPH LEFEBVRE.

